Roope Korhonen (born 18 September 1998) is a Finnish

rally driver Rallying is a wide-ranging form of motorsport with various competitive motoring elements such as speed tests (sometimes called "rally racing" in United States), navigation tests, or the ability to reach waypoints or a destination at a prescribed ...

. He is the 2023 World Rally Championship-3 champion.

Career

Korhonen made his

World Rally Championship The World Rally Championship (abbreviated as WRC) is an international rallying series owned and governed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, FIA. Inaugurated in 1973, it is the oldest FIA world championship after Formula One. E ...

debut in the 2022 Rally Estonia. In 2023, Korhonen contested a full

World Rally Championship-3 The FIA WRC3 is a support championship of the World Rally Championship. The calendar consists of the same rallies and stages as the parent series and crews usually compete immediately after WRC2 entrants. Entry into WRC3 is limited to cars that ...

campaign, winning four rallies and securing the championship victory with several rounds remaining. Korhonen also made his debut in the

World Rally Championship-2 The FIA WRC2 is a support championship of the World Rally Championship (WRC). The calendar consists of the same rallies and stages as the parent series and crews usually compete immediately after Rally1 class crews. WRC2 is limited to production ...

class, competing in

Rally2 Group Rally2 is a technical specification of rally car determined by the FIA. It features 1.6L turbo engines, four-wheel drive and a maximum weight-to-power ratio of 4.2kg/hp. Rally2 cars are used in the World Rally Championship and continental ...

cars at the

Rally Finland Rally Finland (formerly known as the Neste Rally Finland, Neste Oil Rally Finland, 1000 Lakes Rally and Rally of the Thousand Lakes; , ) is a rallying, rally competition in the Finnish Lakeland in Central Finland. The rally is driven on wide an ...

and

Central European Rally The Central European Rally is a European rally competition held over 4 days that debuted in as part of the World Rally Championship, co-hosted between Germany, Austria and Czech Republic. The rally is based in southeast Germany, in the city ...

Results

WRC results

Season still in progress.

WRC2 results

Season still in progress.

WRC3 results

ERC results

Season still in progress.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Korhonen, Roope 1998 births Living people World Rally Championship drivers Finnish rally drivers Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Finnish people European Rally Championship drivers